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Darko Svesko Eliminated in 5th Place - $58,000
Joseph Mouawad shoved from the small blind for 4,425,000. Darko Svesko made the call from the big blind, which left him with only 175,000 behind.
Joseph Mouawad: A♠5♣
Darko Svesko: 6♦6♠
Svesko was ahead, but Mouawad drilled the wheel on a 4♠3♥2♦ flop. Svesko needed one of the three remaining fives to make a better straight. But it didn't come as the board paired with Q♦Q♥ completing the board.
The very next hand Ekrem Sanioglu limped from the cutoff. Svesko was forced all in from the small blind for 175,000. Vyacheslav Kardash checked in the big blind.
The two active players checked down to showdown on the board of A♠10♣7♠K♦10♦. Svesko was playing the board with 6♠3♦, Kardash had Q♥8♣, but Sanioglu had K♣8♥ and won the pot with two pair. The start of the final table chip leader Svesko finished in 5th place.